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October 3, 2011

Roundup: Gregg Barrios, Sam Savage, Andrzej Stasiuk, Quim Monzo, more

By Mark Athitakis

NBCC board member Gregg Barrios will be honored on Wednesday, October 5, at the University of Texas San Antonio at The New Latino Generation. Barrios’ work will be read and

September 25, 2011

Roundup: Harold Bloom, Michael Ondaatje, Aravind Adiga, more

By Mark Athitakis

William Deresiewicz tees off on Harold Bloom’s reputation in general and his latest book, The Anatomy of Influence, in particular in the New Republic. “To say that [Harold] Bloom has

September 19, 2011

Roundup: Aatish Taseer, Leah Hager Cohen, Yannick Murphy, more

By Mark Athitakis

Parul Sehgal, winner of the 2011 Balakian award, reviews Aatish Taseer’s Noon for the New York Times Book Review and Paul Hendrickson’s biography Hemingway’s Boat for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

September 12, 2011

Roundup: 9/11 Fiction, Literary Brooklyn, Geoff Dyer, and more

By Mark Athitakis

Adam Kirsch (in the Wall Street Journal) and Laura Miller (in Salon) consider why the definitive 9/11 novel has yet to be written (and if it can be). How much

September 5, 2011

Roundup: David Berlin, Hisham Matar, Ray Bradbury, and more

By Mark Athitakis

Jim Ruland has a new monthly books column at San Diego CityBeat. His first entry covers a handful of travel-themed books, including Judith Schalansky’s Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands

August 22, 2011

Roundup: Great Critics, David Foster Wallace, Joseph Heller, and more

By Mark Athitakis

What makes a great critic? Maria Bustillos asks the question at the Awl, and answers in part: “What we really need is a critic who has got something interesting to

August 15, 2011

Roundup: Amy Waldman, Kevin Wilson, Stephan Chan, and more

By Mark Athitakis

Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews Amy Waldman’s debut novel, The Submission, for the New York Press. Maureen Corrigan reviews Kevin Wilson’s debut novel, The Family Fang, for NPR. Bobby Baird reviews Stephan

August 1, 2011

Roundup: Novelist-critics, Sarah Thornton, Los Angeles Times freelancers, more

By Mark Athitakis

Should novelists double as book critics? Lev Grossman, Time critic and author of the forthcoming novel The Magician King, expresses second thoughts about his dual life as author and reviewer

July 25, 2011

Roundup: Three Rules for Reviewers, Allan Peterson, more

By Mark Athitakis

You may already know about John Updike’s six rules for reviewers, but Slate poetry editor Robert Pinsky finds a list of just three handy rules, and discusses them in the

July 18, 2011

Roundup: Caroline Bergvall, Dana Spiotta, Metaphors and More

By Mark Athitakis

Michael Leong reviews the new book by poet Caroline Bergvall, Meddle English: New and Selected Texts, for the Brooklyn Rail. David L. Ulin reviews Dana Spiotta’s novel Stone Arabia for

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